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🇨🇷 Costa Rica

San José · 2026-09-28

Capital location. General national rules are used where applicable; this is not a national average.

Intelligence Hours Index
5h 50m

Gross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.

Time, made visible1 bar = 8 hours
0.73 workdays8h is a visual unit, not a legal working day.

Behind the number

Monthly USD price
$20
Hourly minimum wage
CRC 1,554.55
Local currency per USD
453.48
Reference FX date
2026-09-28
Wage effective / source-reference date
2026-01-01
Last wage verification
2026-09-28
Data status
reference
Service availability
Not yet verified

US list price · estimated wage conversion · before taxes

Private-sector workers in the unskilled occupation category (TONC). Domestic, qualified and professional occupations have separate rates.

Estimate: the published CRC 12,436.41 daily rate divided by an assumed eight-hour ordinary daytime shift. Night, mixed and shorter shifts need a different divisor.

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Regional comparison

One country, local realities.

Only verified statutory values enter the ranking. Unverified regions and systems without a general minimum remain distinct.

RegionHours of workHourly wage, localStatus
San José5h 50m1,554.55Estimated · see notes
Actual observations only

A history that starts with evidence.

The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.

Recorded data table
DateHoursRevision
2026-09-285.83422386363912
Monthly plans

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PlanUSD/monthHours
ChatGPT Go82h 20m
ChatGPT Plus205h 50m
ChatGPT Pro — More20058h 21m
Claude Pro205h 50m
Claude Max — 5×10029h 10m
Google AI Plus4.991h 27m
Google AI Pro19.995h 50m
Google AI Ultra — 5×99.9929h 10m
Google AI Ultra — 20×199.9958h 20m
SuperGrok308h 45m
SuperGrok Plus10029h 10m
Kimi Plus195h 33m
Kimi Pro3911h 23m
Kimi Max9928h 53m
Kimi Ultra19958h 03m
Source trail

Every input has a source.

chatgpt-plus · verified 2026-09-28

ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

claude-pro · verified 2026-09-28

Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

google-ai-pro · verified 2026-09-28

Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

CR-CAP · verified 2026-09-28

Private-sector workers in the unskilled occupation category (TONC). Domestic, qualified and professional occupations have separate rates. Published rate: 12436.41 CRC/day. Estimate: the published CRC 12,436.41 daily rate divided by an assumed eight-hour ordinary daytime shift. Night, mixed and shorter shifts need a different divisor.

Observation CR-CAP-coverage-2026-09-28. Source cr-minimum-2026. Approved 2026-09-28.

Approved wage changes

What changed, and when.

Effective / reference datePublished rateState
2026-01-0112436.41 CRC / dayPublished observation